Joel Hanrahan

TORONTO -- After working out for the Orioles at the club’s spring training complex Monday, former closer Jim Johnson signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers, according to an industry source. The Orioles also offered Johnson a minor-league deal, which included an out clause that would have given Johnson the opportunity to go elsewhere if he wasn’t brought to the major leagues when rosters expand in September. The Orioles’ bullpen didn’t currently have a spot open for Johnson. The club recently sent a right-handed reliever, Ryan Webb, to Norfolk when it acquired left-handed reliever Andrew Miller n a July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline deal with the Boston...

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